St Flannan’s march on in Harty Cup

St Flannan’s 3-17 Thurles CBS 1-13

A tremendous second half performance saw St Flannan’s move closer to a place in the knock-out stage of the Harty Cup with this merited win over the 2009 winners Thurles CBS at Nenagh on Wednesday.
Trailing by a point at the interval, 0-8 to 0-9 the Ennis school stepped up a gear for the second half to score a merited win.
Two early second half goals from Cathal Doohan and Conor O’Gorman gave them the upperhand and a third goal followed from a Tony Kelly penalty to put the blues in a strong position.
Best for St Flannan’s on the day were Noel Purcell, Gearóid O’Connell, Seadna Morey, Conor O’Gorman, Tony Kelly and Cathal Doohan.

St Flannan’s: Paul Kennedy (Kilmaley); Seadna Morey (Sixmilebridge), Noel Purcell (do), Conor O’Loughlin (Crusheen); Enda Boyce (Cratloe), Stephen O’Halloran (Clarecastle), Gearóid O’Connell (Ballyea); Jarlath Colleran (Doora-Barefield), Tony Kelly (Ballyea); Martin O’Leary (Kilmihil), Cathal Doohan (Ballyea), Conor O’Gorman (Clarecastle),Peter Duggan (Clooney-Quin), Alan O’Neill (Doora-Barefield) Shane O’Donnell (Éire Óg).
Subs: Jack Browne (Ballyea) for Duggan; James Sweeney (Éire Óg) for O’Donnell).

Lack of scoring power costly for St Caimin’s

Templemore CBS 2-19 St Caimin’s 2-13

Aaron Cunningham scored all but a point of his side’s tally in this tie played at Claughaun GAA grounds on Wednesday but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Shannon side from losing.
While 2-13 is a good tally, it was the Shannon side’s lack of scoring power that cost them. Apart from Cunningham, who scored 1-10 from frees, the team lacked scorers.
The Shannon side led by four points at half-time when the score was 1-9 to 0-8.
Midway through the second half, Templemore struck for two goals in quick succession that turned the game in their favour.
The result means that St Caimin’s must win their final game in the group, against Charleville CBS, if they are to have a chance of progressing to the play offs.

St Caimin’s: Ronan McCauley (Sixmilebridge); John Mulready (do), Niall O’Connor (Newmarket), Brian Carey (Sixmilebridge); Shane Kelleher (Newmarket), Frank Melody (do), Shane O’Leary (Cratloe); Kevin McCafferty (Wolfe Tones), Craig O’Brien (do); Sean Lynch (Sixmilebridge), Aaron Cunningham (Wolfe Tones), Shane Liddy (Newmarket); Shane Gleeson (Cratloe), Alan Mulready (Sixmilebridge), David Collins (Cratloe).

Subs: Conor Deasy (Sixmilebridge) for Gleeson; David Ryan (Wolfe Tones) for J Mulready.

Champions qualify

Title holders Ard Scoil Rís have secured their place in the quarter finals following a 2-19 to 2-14 win over St Colman’s at Charleville. In the opening round they had an easy 3-23 to 0-7 win over Waterford Colleges.
Four Clare players helped the Limerick side to their latest win.
Parteen’s Martin Moroney, a member of last year’s side, excelled at wing-back. Meelick’s Oisin Hickey who lined out at corner-forward, scored an excellent goal at the start of the second half while Sixmilebridge player, Jamie Shanahan, also a member of last year’s winning side, was excellent at midfield. Parteen’s David Moloney was introduced during the course of the game

St Flannan’s in Dean Ryan semi-final

St Flannan’s 4-10 Midleton CBS 1-7

St Flannan’s booked a place in the semi-final of the Dean Ryan Cup, Munster Colleges Junior A Hurling Championship, when they proved too strong for Midleton CBS last week.
This was a strong team performance by the winners with David Clancy, David Conroy, Martin O’Leary and Shane O’Donnell particularly impressive on the day. O’Donnell and Bobby Duggan each scored two goals for the winners.
The semi-final will take place in mid-November.

St Flannan’s: Eoin Meehan (Kilmaley); David Clancy (Doora-Barefield), Conor Clancy (Clarecastle), Dara McMahon (Kilmaley); Mark McGuane (Clarecastle), David Conroy (Doora-Barefield), Alan McGuane (Kilmaley); Ciarán MacMathúna (Éire Óg), Martin O’Leary (Kilmihil); Bobby Duggan (Clarecastle), Stephen Ward (Clarecastle), Joe Barry (Clarecastle); Cian Moloney (Kilmaley) Shane O’Donnell (Éire Óg) Tadhg Lynch (Ballyea).
Subs: Nathan Murray (Éire Óg) for Barry; Aonghus Keane (Ballyea) for Lynch.